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[ElectroLightning]

Speaking of Virtual Console...

I hope Nintendo release the original Super Smash Bros on the Wii U VC soon.

I know it's on the Wii VC but it's easier to have it on the Wii U one since there's better controller options and you can play on the GamePad.

I would totally buy that, but what about Star Fox 64?

 

[Deleted member]

I would totally buy that, but what about Star Fox 64?

It's out in Europe my memory serves me right, but the NA Wii U eShop still doesn't have it.

 

[Deleted member]

What SNES games should I get on the Wii Shop Channel? I prefer that I play VC games on an old school TV.

I want a few that are story based games. I already got Chrono Trigger as a lock.

So that leaves only two SNES choices I could get.

I already own Super Mario RPG, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario World by the way.

Any suggestions?

If you're playing on a CRT TV (the old box ones) Be sure to go in the menu and do this.

Playing in 240p
In order to play VC games in 240p, your Wii needs to be set to 480i mode. Then follow this procedure:

1. Set your Wii to 480i mode (I had mine set to 4:3 as well...I'm not sure if that matters). This will not work in 480p mode.
2. Start a Virtual Console game.
2. Press the Home button to bring up the Home menu, and then click on Operations Guide.
3. Attach a Nunchuk controller to your Wii remote (if the classic controller is plugged in, you'll have to remove it to do this).
4. Press A+1+Z simultaneously (A and 1 are on your Wii remote, Z on your Nunchuk).
5. You should hear a sound confirming that you've done this correctly. This should activate 240p mode for all VC games that are 240p-compatible.
6. To switch to 480i mode for VC, follow the same steps as above, but press A+2+Z instead.

This'll allow you to play the games in the original resolution which Nintendo refers to as "Double-Strike Mode". You'll no longer have that fuzzy interlaced image when playing and everything will look smoother.

As for suggestions...

I haven't played these RPGs, but they are supposedly really good with great stories.

Final Fantasy II which is Final Fantasy IV (4)
Final Fantasy III which is Final Fantasy VI (6)

(there honestly aren't a lot of story based SNES games on the Wii VC, I mean there's also Breath of Fire II by Capcom, but yeah.)

I'd really like to suggest other things outside of SNES since you have Mario titles and you're probably not looking to play Zelda, Mega Man X, or Donkey Kong.

Kirby's Dream Course is fun as a little casual game, it's not something with much meat, but fun for multiplayer.

Haven't played this one, but just found this cute Japanese exclusive platformer that got on the NA VC SNES game by Hudson Soft called "DoReMi Fantasy".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DoReMi_Fantasy

Think I'll check this one out myself. lol

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Missed out on most of the fireworks because one kid wanted me to play Smash with him all night long.

Totally sounds like the best 4th of July ever. /s

 

[Yellowlord]

Well guys, I have good news for you all; Juno has completed its engine burn going into Jupiter's orbit and is now orbiting the planet itself! I wonder what we'll discover there:

Success! Engine burn complete. #Juno is now orbiting #Jupiter, poised to unlock the planet's secrets. https://t.co/YFsOJ9YYb5

— NASA (@NASA) July 5, 2016

EDIT: Thank you, Yomi's Biggest Fan !

 

[Yomi's Biggest Fan]

Well guys, I have good news for you all; Juno has completed its engine burn going into Jupiter's orbit and is now orbiting the planet itself! I wonder what we'll discover there:

https://twitter.com/NASA/status/750176081987014657

(Btw, how do you make it so the tweet shows up here on Smashboards?)

Embed Tweet, copy the link, and past it in Media/video (the film symbol here).

 

[Deleted member]

I've been posting a lot less here and on other forms.

Maybe it's a sign for me to probably go. I mean a lot of people have left as well so it's probably looking like it.

I'm in the same boat. There's not really much of an incentive to keep posting, atleast for now. The only hurdle that prevents me from quitting the site is finding an alternative, and that'd take a while. I don't browse YouTube and DeviantArt as much as I used to, so going back to those would make no sense. As I've mentioned in the Disco Room thread, it may just be some "activity drought" and I'd get back to being active as before later on.

You know, I've always wanted to ask: Just how many of us still go to Smashboards mainly for Smash?


Personally I don't. I've not cared for anything competitive for a long time now. Anything else is mostly there for me whether it be tiers, matchups, or tournaments.

I originally joined Smashboards in response to the then-impending release of the latest Smash Bros. games, particularly the Nintendo 3DS version, as that was the one I was interested in the most. I thought I'd be talking about that version all the time throughout my time in the site, but after finding threads such as this one and the 3DS/Wii U social thread, the idea went to the nearest recycle bin available. Speculation wasn't the reason why I joined, as I figured it'd be pointless to talk about fictional characters getting in a roster over nothing, as well as being angry in the occurence of a highly-speculated character not making it in as a playable character, only to get warnings, infractions, or even bans in the process. As time went on, I no longer viewed Smashboards as a place to discuss the game, but rather as a mere online forum site where I could talk about almost everything, mainly for three things: video games as a whole, technology, and arts. That mindset I have still continues to this day, although I've been posting less as of lately.

In regards to competitive play, I did express some interest towards it in late 2012, and went as far as playing Melee with some of the advanced techniques throughout 2013. Somehow, I stopped caring about it after my Wii was no longer able to read the disc in early January 2014, but then I regained interest twice-- during early 2015 and 2016, in an attempt to get better playing as Dedede, and a few others. After figuring out several aspects of competitive play were too much for me, such as frame data, matchups, tier lists, most of the competitive jargon, and hitboxes, just to name a few, I ultimately gave up and settled on a skill level between what is considered to be the casual way of playing, and the competitive way of playing.

A particular reason on why I gave up on the idea of going competitive was because it'd be pretty time-consuming in the long run, and I'd set everything else as a low priority. Winning through each tournament wouldn't really give me any benefits other than gaining a huge amount of money and showing off my skill. Flying through places just to play Smash Bros. would be absurd in my opinion, as I think there would be lots of more interesting things I'd want to do instead when I travel. Another reason why I gave up was watching streams. Watching the Wii U version get played by many players out there in tournaments would only result in sheer boredom, and I'd just leave the tab for approximately 5 to 10 minutes until I closed it and moved on. Perhaps I just wanted to play the game by myself, or wanted to do other things. Not sure. That's just what I think.

With this day being my two-year anniversary, I'd say the time spent on here has been better than what I had dealt with in the past. There have been several misunderstandings and notorious events with certain users along the way, but they are pretty much next to nothing compared to what my previous group of chatters had done. My activity on this site may be slowly declining, at least for now, but here's to a few more years until I finally move this thing into the history books.

I may not talk about Smash Bros. as much as I used to on here, but it's still something I always have in mind. Thank you very much for letting me write this huge wall of text.

 

[Wolfie557]

Another reason to believe Windows 10 is the definition of evil, aside from the constant blue screen of death messages and the damn searchbar only working whenever it feels like it.

don't know what you are talking about

 

[AndreaAC]

don't know what you are talking about

You know it's true =u= ... but oh well, I have been able to survive all that crap...but that has caused me to not do certain campaigns in some games, because they have triggered the blue screens for some reason and it really got me angry and scared.

 

[PushDustIn]

No matter how you feel about Windows 10, it shouldn't update to the platform without the users consent. The fact you have to install 3Rd party software to even block it from
Auto updating is ridiculous.

 

[Swamp Sensei]

Spoiler: Technical gore but its so fake old Mortal Kombat seems worse.

So here's a neat little indy game I found.

Terrordrome.

It's a series where old horror icons duke it out in an old fighting game style battle.

Here are some questions.

1. Does it catch your attention?
2. Do you like the characters they picked?
3. Any you know?
4. Any you don't but are intrigued by?
5. Think of any characters that would be neat to add?
6. Any of those female? Seriously I can't think of one aside from Japanese horror movies and maybe Mama.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Spoiler: Technical gore but its so fake old Mortal Kombat seems worse.

So here's a neat little indy game I found.

Terrordrome.

It's a series where old horror icons duke it out in an old fighting game style battle.

Here are some questions.

1. Does it catch your attention?
2. Do you like the characters they picked?
3. Any you know?
4. Any you don't but are intrigued by?
5. Think of any characters that would be neat to add?
6. Any of those female? Seriously I can't think of one aside from Japanese horror movies and maybe Mama.

I recognized everyone except a couple. Matt Cordell and Herbert West. I've never even heard of Maniac Cop, although I have heard of Re-Animator.

I love how they added Ash, and I especially love how they added some people I find are more obscure like Pumpkinhead and the Tall Man

 

[Deleted member]

FE6 definitely has its problems i wont deny that.

I can see why people wouldn't like it ESPECIALLY if they put a lot of focus on their lords (The fact that FE7 AKA lords, the game, is attached to it doesnt help). If that is their strategy they just wont be able to succeed. Roy can hold his own and survive just fine, but you need other people on the frontlines. Roy's promotion is just way too late and they're right about that. Thankfully you get Units like Deke, Rutger, Bors, Raigh, Lance, etc. to do just that and that is just the ones I used.

There are some bad maps too but like i said what games dont? (Admittedly those liws were a little lowerthan 7's)


IDK i didn't have any problems and it seems like quite a few problems are overblown.

Im gonna guess all the hate for the writing comes from the terrible translation that Zoroarking was playing though.

It's bad.


That's what i've heard, and as much as I want a lord who uses a lance as their primary weapon and isn't on a horse, I can only take so much Tactical RPG before I need a break.

2 games is my need.

Bors has decent speed though. Either I got GOAT RNG or you got absolutely ****ed by RNG lol.

Also the last defend chapter is the one where

Spoiler

You defend Ostia's throne

Unless that's a survive chapter for some reason even though tou get told to protect the throne.


Even then that That chapter easnt that hard either
Zephiel is on a pillar and Jaffar can hold his own. Unless you walk into the range of bolting. (which there is no way to know you will get one shot because it's a fog chapter! Took one wrong step there was no way to predict? Reset!) there really aren't any threats in that map. I just had Eliwood and Florina pretty much just stood in the hallway and we won witn no danger.

I don't expect Lords to carry me through the entire game, but if they can't even hold their own and need to be babysitted like an Est unit, that's a problem

As for the defense chapter

Spoiler

Oh, I had forgotten that thing existed
But yeah, it's kinda easy
The challenge is "can you surround the boss and get the chests before he crits you?"
It's also kinda cool how the northern part is the same as Chapter 8's map southern section from FE6

 

[Chrono.]

Hey it's NiGHTS 20th anniversary today, so happy birthday NiGHTS.

 

[Verde Coeden Scalesworth]

No matter how you feel about Windows 10, it shouldn't update to the platform without the users consent. The fact you have to install 3Rd party software to even block it from
Auto updating is ridiculous.

7 cost too much to get when I got my new computer, and I experienced 10 before. I didn't find it a problem myself, hence why I chose to upgrade to it for my new one.

That said, 100% agreed. I do not like that auto-crap. Make it a choice. It's one thing that certain features run best on it, and it may be worth the upgrade, it's another to not let you choose. :|

 

[Deleted member]

Speaking of Virtual Console...

I hope Nintendo release the original Super Smash Bros on the Wii U VC soon.

I know it's on the Wii VC but it's easier to have it on the Wii U one since there's better controller options and you can play on the GamePad.

Also 1P-Mode on Very Hard and with 1 life with Luigi Master Race thanks to save states.

 

[Deleted member]

What SNES games should I get on the Wii Shop Channel? I prefer that I play VC games on an old school TV.

I want a few that are story based games. I already got Chrono Trigger as a lock.

So that leaves only two SNES choices I could get.

I already own Super Mario RPG, Super Mario Kart, and Super Mario World by the way.

Any suggestions?

May i recommend to you Yoshi's Island and Kirby Super Star?

I would also recommend Super Castlevania 4, but that game can be a little on the hard side.

Oh and the DKC trilogy as well (especially 2).

 

[Deleted member]

May i recommend to you Yoshi's Island and Kirby Super Star?

I would also recommend Super Castlevania 4, but that game can be a little on the hard side.

Oh and the DKC trilogy as well (especially 2).

Yoshi's Island is not on the Wii Shop Channel, as well as the DKC trilogy which has been removed.

These games are all available on the Wii U eShop however.

 

[A Distant Demon]

I don't expect Lords to carry me through the entire game, but if they can't even hold their own and need to be babysitted like an Est unit, that's a problem

If you were having problems with Roy THAT early in the game, before even chapter 10, when Roy is probably still getting EXP and levels then you're doing it wrong.

Roy shouldn't be a problem until a few chapters later when you have to start frequently dealing with promoted units and wyverns. And even then it's more of a problem of Roy stealing the EXP then needing to die. . .


Unless your definition of babysitting means that he has backup/isnt running around alone, you're doing it wrong.

 

[Wolfie557]

You know it's true =u= ... but oh well, I have been able to survive all that crap...but that has caused me to not do certain campaigns in some games, because they have triggered the blue screens for some reason and it really got me angry and scared.

Nope, never happened to me.

What does happen is sometimes the task bar's icons don't show up for ages...usually until I click it randomly and then chrome or something opens up.

 

[AndreaAC]

Nope, never happened to me.

What does happen is sometimes the task bar's icons don't show up for ages...usually until I click it randomly and then chrome or something opens up.

Lucky you then. :/ There's an update thing that has been poping up at times, but, I'm still not sure because it may screw something else, and since Microsoft gives you "GREAT" solutions for these problems...

 

[Deleted member]

Yoshi's Island is not on the Wii Shop Channel, as well as the DKC trilogy which has been removed.

These games are all available on the Wii U eShop however.

Well damn, sorry for my ignorance.

Still, i recommend Super Castlevania 4 and Kirby Super Star (assuming there are there, right?)

EDIT:

So you're saying...

People who dislike FE6 need to get good.

Spoiler: Cranky's Advice

Yeah im sorry, i just wanted to use this opportunity.

Onto anothert topic, im just recently starting to play Kirby Dream Land 3. I plan to beat it 100% (mostly because it's kinda obligatory)

 

[ChikoLad]

Question for all you video game collectors out there.

Would you consider a promotional copy of a video game (described as only having 500 copies printed) to be a worthy investment if you have the chance to get one for like €20 (still unopened too)?

EDIT: Kinda got my answer, seems like it would only matter if said promo copy was for an unreleased game or the promo copy had noteworthy differences to the retail version.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

Question for all you video game collectors out there.

Would you consider a promotional copy of a video game (described as only having 500 copies printed) to be a worthy investment if you have the chance to get one for like €20 (still unopened too)?

EDIT: Kinda got my answer, seems like it would only matter if said promo copy was for an unreleased game or the promo copy had noteworthy differences to the retail version.

What's the price of the normal version?
€20 is a steal even if the game wasn't so rare.

It's like, the price of an amiibo and those things do absolutely nothing 9/10 times.

 

[ChikoLad]

What's the price of the normal version?
€20 is a steal even if the game wasn't so rare.

It's like, the price of an amiibo and those things do absolutely nothing 9/10 times.

A normal, new + sealed retail copy is about the same price on Amazon UK (after shipping, if shipping was free it would be much cheaper though).

The game in question is Sonic Unleashed for the PS3. I also saw one for the PS2 version.

I was looking to buy the game just to play again since I don't have my old Xbox 360 copy anymore. But I saw that promo copy and thought it might make a nice collectible.

Having looked into it, I don't think it'd actually be worth anything. It's not something I could re-sell and make money off of in the future, really. But a part of me kinda wants to get both (retail copy for playing, promo copy to get signed by Takashi Iizuka at Summer of Sonic next month).

 

[TipperTheScales]

Onto anothert topic, im just recently starting to play Kirby Dream Land 3. I plan to beat it 100% (mostly because it's kinda obligatory)

The last time I played KDL3 (quite some years ago) I kept dying to O so I kinda need to get back and kill it off
Then again I kinda walkthroughed my way through the stages so I should restart fresh
Re amiibo - I got a few a few weeks ago for half price (Robin, Zamus, Lucina). Oddly enough Doc and Bowser Jr appeared to be 78% off at one particular store because of how many that store had (but I'm really picky with my amiibo so I didn't get them rip). Rosalina is still full price though and I haven't seen a Shulk in ages. Also all the Ikes in my area have Ark faces which is making me hold off on him for now

 

[Sir Gengar de Èctoplasma]

I'm considering updating to Windows 10. I'll switch back to old one if I don't like it.

But should I get backups, just in case?

 

[DoodleDuck97]

Guys I have a question for you as I can't decide if these two games are worth getting at this moment in time.
The two games are Sonic Boom ROL and Mighty Number 9.
Don't ask me why but I kinda want to play these games to see if they are as bad as people say they are and if I can get inspiration from them. The problem being ROL is £30 and Mno.9 is £23
I'm curious to see if you guys think these two games are worth buying at that price point.

 

[ChikoLad]

Guys I have a question for you as I can't decide if these two games are worth getting at this moment in time.
The two games are Sonic Boom ROL and Mighty Number 9.
Don't ask me why but I kinda want to play these games to see if they are as bad as people say they are and if I can get inspiration from them. The problem being ROL is £30 and Mno.9 is £23
I'm curious to see if you guys think these two games are worth buying at that price point.

Being perfectly honest, ROL is probably the better investment just from the standpoint that it has a lot more content.

MN9 has the better gameplay from what I can tell but you can beat it in an hour if you're really good and the bonus content is really just not there. It has online play but it's completely broken even with the best connections.

You're better off waiting until you see them for like, £10, though. But if you had to choose between the two and need to buy them right now, I'd say Rise of Lyric because it at least has the length and play time of a AAA game, so if you find yourself enjoying it, you at least have a lot of game to play. It's a bad game but if it wasn't it totally would be worth full price. MN9 just wouldn't be even it was a better game because it's so short.

 

[Deleted member]

If you were having problems with Roy THAT early in the game, before even chapter 10, when Roy is probably still getting EXP and levels then you're doing it wrong.

Roy shouldn't be a problem until a few chapters later when you have to start frequently dealing with promoted units and wyverns. And even then it's more of a problem of Roy stealing the EXP then needing to die. . .


Unless your definition of babysitting means that he has backup/isnt running around alone, you're doing it wrong.

He can't take hits early on nor can he double AXE users
He is at the RNG's mercy to be useful
But no matter, I've been reading a bit on hacking and the most basic stuff is quite simple so I'll probably just change Roy's bases to my liking(not growths tho, he just needs an extra boost for the time he's unpromoted)
And some other characters that may need some buffs too(*cough*Wendy*cough*)

 

[RodNutTakin]

so

After realizing how easy it is to get Project M on the Wii hackless, I finally decided to put its files on an SD Card and use the hackless Smash Stack exploit (got 3.6 from a mirror).

I've also installed my first custom stage into my Project M (Parachute over Flat Zone 2). Parachute was a bit tough to successfully insert into the game because of its .pac file being made for Battlefield, but it's there now since the zip included a .rel so it goes over FZ2. I probably won't try to fiddle around to see if I can get the original Flat Zone 2 as an alt for now, but I will put in some more custom competitive stages as alternates to make my selection a bit more varied.

I'm also planning to replace a lot of Brawl's base BRSTMs with custom ones. Most that I have planned are on Smashcustommusic, but I will have to put some of the songs in my list on a BRSTM request thread because BRSTMs do not exist for said songs.

Either way, I can't wait to see the self-made reward for my efforts!

 

[---]

@FE6

I had my parents import it for me for Christmas and I beat it back in February. It's a solid game and I love the main cast of characters & their designs, but the extra chapters are tedious, the final boss is a joke, and Roy is unbelievably underwhelming. I'm glad it returned to the format of FE1/3 but I can't help but think that FE7 was much more polished.

I just wish the branching path chapters were better marked on FE sites. For a good while I thought I ended up with the Sacae path I didn't want to take when instead I was actually on Ilia path as I hoped. I was frustrated I couldn't pick up the game for a week.

Guys I have a question for you as I can't decide if these two games are worth getting at this moment in time.
The two games are Sonic Boom ROL and Mighty Number 9.
Don't ask me why but I kinda want to play these games to see if they are as bad as people say they are and if I can get inspiration from them. The problem being ROL is £30 and Mno.9 is £23
I'm curious to see if you guys think these two games are worth buying at that price point.

Inspiration? That's kind of vague as a goal, especially since they're both games that are radically different from one another and are generally looked down upon for different reasons. Sonic Boom is more of a large scale adventure game, while Mighty No. 9 is short/simple and caters more to speed-running. Sonic Boom was rushed while MN9 promised far more than what the developers could handle.

Gameplay-wise MN9 is definitely the more functional of the two, but you will have to be into replays if you want to meet that price point which SB mostly meets. If you're looking for straight up bad, there are far worse games from both genres to check out that are much cheaper (X7/Sonic 06). Beyond that I can only say MN9 is closer to MM than SB is to Sonic, so whatever you have more experience in.

 

[Chrono.]

Breath of the Wild won Best of Show at E3.

 

[Bananija]

Breath of the Wild won Best of Show at E3.

As would say the Heavy : "Not a big surprise!"

Did anyone doubt it?

 

[ChikoLad]

i luv u ubisoft but ya can't be doin' that, corm-oooon

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[ElectroLightning]

i luv u ubisoft but ya can't be doin' that, corm-oooon

There was a problem fetching the tweet

I have no words for you Ubisoft.

 

[Substitution]

i luv u ubisoft but ya can't be doin' that, corm-oooon

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Just out of curiosity, where is this survey?

 

[Chrono.]

i luv u ubisoft but ya can't be doin' that, corm-oooon

There was a problem fetching the tweet

Apparently it was just a bug.

 

[Schnee117]

i luv u ubisoft but ya can't be doin' that, corm-oooon

There was a problem fetching the tweet

*insert "too much workload" joke here*
Ubisoft continue to both surprise and disappoint me.

Apparently it was just a bug.

Par for the course with Ubi then

 

[ChikoLad]

Apparently it was just a bug.

Well of course they'd say that.

We'll never know if that's the truth or if they're just saving face.